Sunday, August 14, 2016

This is a small selection of the quilts and details that appealed to me. Thank you to all the sponsors & volunteers who make this happen every year.

'Brisbane Town' made by Andrea Gehrke and professionally quilted by Lisa Warne - Quick QuiltsBased on a design by Jen Kingwell Andrea has incorporated favourite Brisbane landmarks like the Story Bridge, Southbank, Fourex Brewery & Brisbane Wheel as well as the colour of Flowering jacarandasJen Kingwell pattern link

This years entries were exhibited in the magnificent old Queensland
Museum Building with its high ceilings and wide verandahs. Thank you also for the opportunity to photograph these quilts and share the
love with people who couldn't make it to the show.

Close up of the tiny embroideredStory Bridge which has linked Kangaroo Point to Fortitude Valley since 1940

'River Fire' is a large collaborative quilt made by Brisbane Modern Quilt Guild. The Story Bridge also features in this design which makes really clever use of the log cabin block and decorative stitching.

Close up detail of the blue fireworks

'Baltimore to Brisbane'

A much more traditional style of quilt made collaboratively by Queensland Quilters and professionally quilted by Cathy Davies. The machine quilting really caught my eye because it was flawless and gave this quilt a real heirloom quality.

Close up detail of the quilting

'Selina Brown'

the quilt below

Made by Christine Cohrs using two of her favourite techniques - needleturn applique and hoop free hand quilting. I adore the fabric choices in this quilt.

Now I want to bring you some of the wonderful details and techniques I found in the quilts. Unfortunately I didn't record the names of all the makers so I am not able to give them recognition.

The following 4 images are all parts of the same quilt.

These dots were approx 1" diameter and edges were beaded

These clamshells had tiny 1/4" edges !

Such intricate folding and beading along the borders was such a delight to see up close.

This decorative stitching was on a small quilt as was the border stitching below.All were stitched in black on black but I have lightened up the photo so that you can enjoy the design.

'Feathers'made by Anne HuntThis very large quilt is machine pieced using foundation piecing and hand quilted

'Floating Blocks' made by Julie Harding

'Windows of Winter Sunshine'

Made by Glenda Maddern

Designed so that the vibrant colours cascade rainbow like across the quilt it is heavily embellished with machine quilting.

Close up detail of the machine quilting.

There is so much intricate detail over such a large area!

'Gypsy Wife'

made by Shirley Chiu

Made with scraps of Japanese fabrics this quilt has much richer colours than in this image.

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Hi I am Linda Mahoney welcome to the Urban Sewing Lounge. I have loved sewing for as long as I can remember. Twelve years ago I began teaching beginners how to sew at Thread &and Ginger Patchwork Boutique. This led me to open the Urban Sewing Lounge in East Brisbane in March 2010. I taught regularly in both locations until Thread closed in Dec 2011.